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...Exonian advocates the idea of regular school athletic tournaments for the students of the academy. It is a good plan as it develops both interest and muscle and gives the participants a greater chance when they attempt, a year or two later, to compete in the college meetings...
...course does not undertake to describe completely the entire course of the campaigns of the Civil War in their endless detail. An attempt will rather be made to give a vivid impression of the war by describing graphically the more important battles, thus illustrating the more significant phases of the war and bringing out the bearing upon the general result of the particular events described. The lectures are to be illustrated by large special maps. Nearly all the lectures have been prepared with special reference to this course. Some difficulty has been experienced in filling out the list, as military...
...captain of the Princeton nine, says the N. Y. Tribune, has openly declared that under such restrictions as those recently proposed in the N. Y. conference he will not attempt the management of the team, and other old players have avowed their intention of giving up the sport. One of them was heard to say that if the champion Yale was excluded, the contests would be reduced to walk over, and all interest and enthusiasm would be at an end. This is the general verdict at Princeton...
...college boat race said today: "Yale will not be governed in her policy by the action of other colleges, though she may be influenced to a certain extent. The talk about the race not being rowed unless Yale agrees to adopt the inter-collegiate rules is simply an attempt to bulldoze our college. It will not succeed, though the crew will make what concessions they can without injuring their prospects of winning. The race will be given up altogether rather than submit to outside dictation. It is very improbable that any obstacle will arise sufficient to prevent the race being...
Nearly every intercollegiate boat-race in this country has been won at the end of the third mile. The result has been a "procession" for the fourth mile, or a desperate attempt on the part of the defeated crew to retrieve themselves. The consequent tendency has been to lessen the interest in college boating, or to endanger the health of the participants from over-exertion and heart-strain. Therefore...